Making MediFriends in Whyalla
Community stories: 28 March 2020
Country & Outback Health is a not for profit organisation that provides a range of mental health and general health support services to South Australians living in rural and regional areas. They auspiced an application from headspace Whyalla for funding to support an FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grants initiative called MediFriends.
Upskilling early childhood educators
Community stories: 28 February 2020
Eidsvold Kindergarten hosted a professional development day for early childhood educators from the North Burnett and beyond to improve their professional knowledge and skills, ultimately benefiting children across the region.
Mullum Library provides tools for recovery
Community stories: 28 February 2020
With the help of a $12,000 Repair Restore Renew grant, the Mullum Library of Stuff was able to provide affordable access to quality tools and equipment for the Byron Shire community including individuals, families, schools, businesses and not-for-profit organisations.
Camperdown community garden flourishes
Community stories: 28 February 2020
A refreshed community garden meant that the Camperdown community could enjoy a more inclusive space at a time when they needed it most.
Fundraising Account: Child Writes Fund
Community stories: 31 January 2020
Child Writes Fund is a charity that 'empowers children to navigate their future through story'. The Child Writes program gives primary school-aged children a voice by offering them the opportunity to write and illustrate their own children's picture books. The Fund partnered with FRRR in March 2019 to create a Not-for-Profit Fundraising Account to support its endeavours, and the funds raised contributing to delivering more programs in rural and regional areas where children are in crisis and making the library of books widely available via an app.
Growing together with Grow Lightly
Community stories: 22 January 2020
With a Gardiner Working in Dairy Communities program grant, Grow Lightly were able to fund a consultant to undertake market research and the development of a business plan for the expansion of their food hub and network of local consumers and producers.
Cowell Silo art project
Community stories: 17 December 2019
This year, the Franklin Harbour district in South Australia has seen the lowest rainfall recorded on history. The District Council of Franklin Harbour have estimated around 99 farming families have sought...
JUTE keeps Indigenous storytelling alive
Community stories: 16 December 2019
With the support of a $15,000 ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant, JUTE was able to take its 2019 show, The Longest Minute to ten North Queensland schools in very remote locations with significant numbers of Indigenous students.
Northern Rivers Community Foundation
Community stories: 28 November 2019
Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) was established in 2004 with the purpose to connect people who care with local causes that matter, to improve community well-being for the Northern Rivers region...
Looking forward, looking back
Community stories: 23 October 2019
Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote Women's Network (QRRRWN) is a member and volunteer based, multi-generational, not-for-profit organisation for women from, or supportive of rural, regional and remote...
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